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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1991 NO. 280

Statutory Rules 1991 No. 280

Veterans' Entitlements Regulations (Amendment)

Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs

Section 216 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which are by the Act required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.

These Regulations provide for an increase with effect from 1 September 1991 in the rate of reimbursement payable to veterans and their dependants for travel involving the use of a private motor vehicle for treatment and pension purposes under sections 110 and 132 of the Act.

Details of the Regulations are set out below.

Regulation 1 - Commencement

Regulation 1 provides that the increased rates will become effective on 1 September 1991.

Regulation 3 - Travelling expenses under section 110 or 132 of the Act

Subsection 110(1) of the Act provides for the payment of prescribed travelling expenses in respect of approved travel in connection with treatment, restoration of health or fittings of articial aids and applicances. Payment may be made to a veteran, a dependant of a deceased veteran or, by virtue of subsection 110(2), to a person authorised by the Repatriation Commission to accompany a veteran or dependant as an attendant.

Section 132 provides for payment of prescribed travelling expenses to a claimant for pension or a person likely to be affected by a review, or in certain circumstances, to an attendant of such a person.

Regulation 9 prescribes the rate of reimbursement for travel by private motor vehicle payable under sections 110 and 132 and the conditions under which they may be paid.

Paragraph 3.1 amends existing subregulation 9(7) of the Repatriation Regulations to substitute a new, higher rate of reimbursement for travel by private motor vehicle, where travel is undertaken in accordance with section 110 or 132 of the Act.